Whip-holder.



L. J. WILSON. WHIP HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 17, 1910. 1,019,873Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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L. J. WILSON.

WHIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17, 1910.

1,019,873, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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LYNN 3'. WILSON, 0F LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS.

WHIP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application filed October 17, 1910. Serial No. 587,382.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LYNN J. VViLsox, a citizen of the United States,residing in Lockport, in the county of fill and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In grain binders, the drivers seat is lo- ,cated at a considerabledistance in the rear of the horses, and consequently the driver isobliged to employ a long whip, in order that he may from his seat reachthe horses. Long whips are objectionable. They are very liable to becomebroken so that they cannot be used at all, or so that they are renderedineffective.

The present invention is intended to remove this difficulty, and itconsists in a whip holder adapted to be swung so as to carry the whipinto action, and it is located in close proximity to the horses, and amanipulating rod extends from it into proximity to the drivers seat, sothat the driver is enabled, while seated, to whip the horses or any ofthem who may need correction or discipline.

The construction of my device and its mode of operation will be fullyunderstood from the subjoined description and from the accompanyingdrawing, in which latter- Figure 1 is an elevation of a grain binder towhich my invention has been applied. Fig. 2 is an elevation of theinvention dctached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation at right angles to Fig. 2of a portion of the device, and Fig. 1 is an elevation of anotherportion of the device at right angles to Fig. 2.

In said drawing, 5 represents the tongue of a grain binder and 6 is thedrivers seat attached to the rear of the machine.

The whip holder consists of a bar 7, mounted upon a horizontal pivot 8formed of a wire bent at right angles and secured in a keeper 9 attachedto a vertical bar 10,preferably of wood, which is secured to the tongueby means hereafter described. The bar 7 is provided with clips 11 and 12adapted to seize the whip stock 13 upon opposite sides, and one of theseclips is adjustably secured by a thumb screw 14, so that the clips areadapted to be used with whip stocks of varying sizes. The bar 7 can betipped from the vertical to the position indicatedin broken lines inFig. 2, or to any intermediate position, and for this purpose, a spring15 encircling the pivot 8 is connected to it, as seen in Fig. 3, and toa notched disk 16 mounted on the pivot and locked against rotationthereon by a pin 17 having its end bent over and adapted to be insertedin the notches of the disk. This pin passes through a transverse openingin the pivot, and its end is bent at right angles and is adapted to beinserted in that one of the notches which gives the desired inclinationto the whip stock. The keeper 9 is adjustably secured to the verticalbar 10 so that the pivot may be inclined to either side desired, bymeans of a long slot 18 in its lower end through which a bolt 19 passesinto and preferably through the bar. The upper bolt 20 attaching thekeeper to the bar acts as a pivot in this adjustment of the keeper.

Depending in an inclined direction from the base of bar 7 is an arm 21upon which is mounted a housing 35 in which is loosely confined theinclined end 22 of a rod 23 extending from the holder back intoproximity to the drivers seat, said housing being pivoted on a bolt 36so that it may turn freely when the rod 23 is turned on its axis. At therear end this rod may be supported by a bearing 24. and it is alsodesirably provided with a loop 25 at this end, serving as a means bywhich it may be grasped by the driver. The bearing 24 may be supportedupon any stationary proximate portion of the machine.

lVhen the driver desires to use the whip on the horses, he pulls uponthe rod 23 and thereby swings the whip downward, the spring 15 yieldingto permit this, and immediately reacting and returning the whip to itsoriginal position. If the driver wishes to reach a horse at either side,he is able to do this by twisting the rod 23 at its handle, in onedirection or the other. The rod, which is unconfined at the endconnected to the whip holder is of course quite pliable atthat end, andwhen the handle is twisted, such end bends readily to permit its point22 to make such movement as is necessary to effect the turning of thewhip so the blow may be delivered to the side desired. This turning ofthe whip so as to vary the direction of the blow can be effectedinstantly, and may be simultaneous with the longitudinal movement of therod which causes the blow.

The keeper 9 is provided with projections through which the vertical armof the pivot wire 8 extends as plainly shown and in which it is free toswivel.

The bar 10 is used in conjunction with braces so that itsvertical'position will be firm, and a desirable construction of these isshown in Figs. 2 and 4. One of the braces 26 is desirably made of woodand united at its top to the bar 10 by a clamp consisting of bolts 27and plates 28, and at the bottom, both this brace and bar 10 areprovided with feet 29, having teeth adapted to enter the sides of thetongue and to be secured by a bolt 30 passing through them and throughthe tongue. A second brace 31, preferably formed of wire, is held at thetop by one of the plates 28, and its bottom is bent at right angles andinserted through an eye, 32, the stem of which is driven into the top ofthe tongue. A retaining device 33 of any suitable construction may beemployed to prevent the bent end of the brace from slipping out of theeye 32.

The invention renders the use of a long whip entirely unnecessary, andthe driver is enabled by it to control his horses as effectually as hecould if he held the whip in his hand.

The invention has been devised especially for use upon grain binders,but it obviously can be used on any sort of vehicle or machine where thedriver is at a considerable distance from the horses.

The drivers controlling rod 23 is preferably made adjustable in lengthby employing two parallel rods in its construction, on one of which theloop or hand grasp 25 is formed, and on the other of which the bent endis located, and connecting the two by clips or couplings 84, adapted topermit the rods to slide with reference to each other. In this mannerthe rod is rendered rigid throughout its whole length, enabling thedriver at all times to turn the whip in any direction desired by"turning the rod axially and to operate it in that direction quickly andenergetically by pulling on the rod, and it is calculated to retain thisrigidity in hard service.

The bar 10 and its braces may be attached to the tongue in any desiredposition, and the bolt 30 instead of being passed through the tongue inthe manner shown may be located wholly above the tongue if preferred.

I claim 1. The combination with the pivot wire bent at right angles asshown, of a whip holder pivotally mounted 011 the horizontal arm of saidpivot, a spring encircling said horizontal arm and acting to return theholder after the whip which has been used, a notched disk receiving thebent end of the spring and rigid on said arm and determining the normalinclination of the whip,'a support for the vertical arm of the pivotwire in which it may swivel and means for positioning and operating thewhip holder.

2. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a pivot wirebent at right angles, of a whip holder pivotally mounted on thehorizontal arm of said wire, a keeper 9 adjustably secured to astationary sup port, and in which keeper the vertical arm of said wireis swiveled, means for operating the whip, and a spring for returning itto normal position.

3. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a piVot wirebent at right angles, of a whip holder pivotally'mounted on thehorizontal arm of said wire, a spring encircling said arm and acting toreturn the whip to normal position after it has been used, and meanswhereby said spring controls the normal inclination of the whip.

4. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a pivot wirebent at right I angles, of a whip holder pivotally mounted on thehorizontal arm of said wire, a spring; encircling said arm and acting.to return the whip to normal positon after it has been used, and thenotched disk made fast on said wire and adapted to receivethe bent endof-the spring.

5. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a pivot wirebent at right angles, of a whip holder pivotally mounted on thehorizontal arm of said wire, akeeper 9 secured to a stationary supportand in which I the vertical arm of said wire is swiveled, said keeperbeing also adjustable upon its support, and means for operating thewhip.

LYNN J. WILSON Witnesses:

PEARL ABRAMs, EDW. S. EVARTS.

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Washington, D. 0.

